Obama greets 'good friend' Blair
Barack Obama meets former Prime Minister Tony Blair
Tony Blair has become the first leading British politician to meet Barack Obama since he was sworn in as US President.
The former prime minister was welcomed as a "very good friend" by Mr Obama, as he gave a speech at the traditional National Prayer Breakfast.
He advised the new president: "You don't need cheerleaders but partners, not spectators but supporters."
Mr Obama praised Mr Blair as "somebody who did it first and perhaps did it better than I will do".
In his speech, Mr Blair had some words of advice for the new president, telling him: "The truest friends are those still around when the going gets toughest."
Mr Blair, who converted to Catholicism after leaving office, warned that the "public eye is not always the most congenial".
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